Crisis on Mars (Creative Writing)

Crisis on Mars

The most notable day in history, with out any question, was August 27th, 2003. Mars was the closet to Earth then it had been for 73,000 years and appeared to be as large as Jupiter. To the surprise of all the citizens and governments around the world the United States launch 34 R-17X space shuttles. These shuttles had never been seen before although that some rumors of a shuttle fast enough to reach Mars in one to three months had circulated for years. This was the start of the colonization of Mars.
I was just starting my college career to become a nurse when the news erupted at 9:30 a.m. August 27th, 2003. President Bush was to speak to the nation at one o’ clock from Bouvet Island. This island is located 1500 miles southwest of the Cape of Good Hope. It had been thought to be uninhabited but we now know it was the site of a joint NASA and U.S. Military Top Secret Space Program. I remember the moment the President spoke the words “Today we se...